10 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN 15, SONNY TERRY and BROWNIE MCGHEE will ar- rive to perform some rural blues Shows most nights at nine and eleven-thirty, on Fridays and Saturdays at nine and midnight. Mon- days are given over to a showcase PEACOCK ALLEY, in the vValdorf-Astoria, Park Ave. at 49th St. (355-3000)-JIMMY LYON is playing piano in this quiet room which func- tions as a sort of passageway c nnecting the hotel lobby with a dining room Mr. Lyon, \vho often accompanied Mabel Mercer during the past decade, has a touch that seems magi- cal1y smooth and cushioned. and his time is unassailable. He's on hand Tuesdays through Saturdays from seven-thirty to twelve-thirty. RAINBOW ROOM, 30 Rockefel1er Plaza. (757- 9 0 90)- The SY OLIVER septet makes music for listening, dancing, and digging the view Tuesda}s through Thursdays from seven to one, Fridays and Saturdays from eight to !" 0, and Sundays from six to midnight. Din- Ing. RENO SWEENEY, [26 VV. [3th St. (69 I -0900)- BARBARA COOK win be singing at eleven-thirty Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17, at this famous cabaret that established itself in the seventies. Patti Pickens sings on Sundays from six, Judy Kaye sings at nine and elev- en-thirty through Saturday, May 10; and various up-and-coming performers round out the week. Dining. ST. REGiS-SHERATON, Fifth Ave. at 55th St. (753- 4500)-In the King Cole Room. a salute to producer Hal Prince is under way, with 11il- licent Martin, John Cunningham, Pamela My- ers, and Catherine Cox performing numbers from "West Side Story," "Cabaret," "Damn Yankees," and other princely productions. Shows Mondays through Thursdays at nine- thirty, and Fridays and Saturdays at nine- thirty and eleven-thirty. Dining. SEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH, 21 Seventh Ave. S., at Leroy St. (242-4694)-A light, airy second- floor jazz club, in which most of the walls are refreshingly uncluttered. Karl Ratzer, a jazz- rock guitarist, will head up a quintet on Tues- day and vVednesday, May 13- I 4; Thursday, May 15, has been set aside for YOSHIAKI MASUO, a wonderful jazz and blues guitarist, and his group; and on Friday, May 16, trumpeter Tom Browne will arrive with his band Music from ten to two nightly. Dining Closed Mon- da ys. SHERATON CENTRE, Seventh Ave. at 5znd St. (581- Iooo)-Trombonist and arranger SLIDE HAMP- TON is in char e of a quartet in the French Quarter, which looks exactly like a lounge in a bustling hotel-which is what it is Music nightly, except Sundays, between nine-thirty and one. SWEET BASIL, 88 Seventh Ave. S., at Bleecker St. (242-I785)-A relaxed, knotty-pine room. Drummer PHILLY JOE JONES, who sounds as vibrant now as he did in the fifties, when he played with Miles Davis, is leading a quartet throu!;h Saturday, May 10. Sunday and Mon- day, May I I -12, will belong to bassist MICKEY BASS'S group; and on Tuesday, May 13, SONNY FORTUNE, an alto saxophonist and another 1vIiles Davis alumnus-fron1 the seventies- will bring in his quintet. Shows from about ten. Dining. SYNCOPATION, 15 VVaverly Pl., at Mercer St. (228- 80 3 2 )-Boîtes featuring live jazz used to settle into ground-floor brownstones, but it has become commonplace now for clubs to be transformed ground-floor loftspaces. Syn- copation is such a space, and it has a bar with carpeted sides, exposed brick walls, and a tier of tables down the length of one wall. Grace Testani, a young jazz singer, will be perfonn- ing with her trio on vVednesdays. Thursday through Saturday, May 8-10, drummer LOUIS HAYES works with his excellent hard-bop quar- tet-saxophonist FRAN K STROZI ER. bassist CLI NT HOUSTON, and pianist HAROLD MABERN. On Mon- day and Tuesday, May 12-13, bassist AARON BELL'S quartet will be on the stand; and Thurs- day through Saturday, May 15-17, guitarist ATTILA ZOLLER wilJ lead a trio. Music fronl about nine-thirty. Sundays, from six to nine, the Hayes band again takes over the band- stand. TIN PALACE, 325 Bowery, at 2nd St. (674- 91 I5)-A relaxed, informal musicians' and listeners' hangout with a fine out-there and in-there lineup. Thursday through Sunday, ilay 8-1 I BENNY BAILEY, a crackling hard-bop trumpeter \vho has spent nlost of the last few S-M.r. II '12'lj I w .r-F.S ,: II: 117 7 14 10 decades in Europe, will be here with a quar- tet. Friday through Sunday, May 16-18. has been allotted to some more hard-boppers- tenor saxophonist GEORGE COLEMAN, pianist BARRY HARRIS, bassist GENE TAYLOR, and drummer PHILLY JOE JONES. Music every night after ten. Dining. TRAMPS, 125 E. 15th St., at Irving PI. (777- 5 0 77)- This recently remodelled club has been bringing in a lot of blues bands and up- and-coming rock, reggae, and ska bands. Part of the schedule: vVednesday May 7 Leroy Sibbles; Friday, May 9, Neighbors & Allies; Saturday, May 10, JIMMY DAWKINS and his Chicago-blues band; and Thursday, May 15 RONALD SHANNON JACKSON & THE DECODING SOCIE- TY. Shows usually begin at ten and midnight. Dining and dancing. TRAX, 100 \V. 72nd St., near Columbus Ave. (799- I 448)-Rock and roll downstairs. The understated-i.e., unmarked-entrance is easy to miss Some of the bands: Tycoon Thursday, May 8; Leisure Units and Kevin Ayers Friday, May 9; and Lounge Lizards Saturday, May 10. Music after eleven. usual- ly. Dining and dancing. Closed Sundays. VILLAGE GATE, 160 Bleecker St. (475-5120)- On Saturday, May 10, the WIDESPREAD DEPRES- SION ORCHESTRA begins playing at midnight for listening and dancing. On Thursday and Fri- day, May 15-16, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. the pop-j azz-rock group from the seventies, will perform after nine-thirty . Jazz harpist DAPHNE HELLMAN and her trio work on Tuesdays in the sidewalk lounge after nine. VILLAGE VANGUARD, 178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St. (255-4037)-Trumpeter RED RODNEY heads a quintet through Sunday, May I I; on Tues- day, May 13, powerhouse drummer ELVIN JONES will bring in his current quintet. Mon- days are MEL LEWIS big-band nights. Music from ten. WEST BOONDOCK, 114 Tenth Ave., at 17th St. (9 2 9-9 6 45 )-A quiet, out-of-the-way soul- food restaurant that features good pianists. Mondays through vVednesdays are claimed by John VV eiss; Thursdays through Sundays are turned over to Robert Condor. Music from eight to two. WEST END, 29 I I Broadway, at I 13th St. (666- 8750)-A haunt of Columbia students-they do their homework between sets-and swing- music admirers. BENNY WATERS, who was a member of the reed sections in the bands of Claude Hopkins, Fletcher Henderson, and Jimmie Lunceford several decades ago, is still going strong, playing tenor and alto saxo- phones and clarinet with a quartet through Tuesday, May 13. On Wednesday, May 14, bebop veteran trumpeter HOWARD MC GHEE will take charge. Music nightly from about nine. Student food at student prices. JAZZ/FOLK/ROCK CONCERTS, PERSONAL APPEARANCES, ETC. THE CRUSADERS-With Randy Crawford. (Car- negie Hall. 247-7459. Wednesday, May 7, at 7 and 10.) MARCO Rlzo-VVIth his percussion ensemble. (Top of the Park, Loeb Student Center, vVashington Sq. S. and LaGuardia PI. 598- 3757. Thursday, May 8, at 8.) EARL KLUGH- vVith Bob James. (Avery Fisher Hall. 874-2424. Saturday, J\.1ay 10, at 8.) ARMEN DONELIAN & ESSENCE-Jazz Gallery, 55 W. 19th St. 9 2 4-5026. Saturday, May 10, at 8. JOHN HERALD AND FRIENDs-Eisner and Lubin Au- ditorium, Loeb Student Center, vVashington 4Co .V,i ,,- L45ZL...O ... 1.'1 - .. II: - --1 :J: I -\: 7 I _ __ _ : _ __ _ -- - - - -- -----: - =- .: --:- - - : - - : - -- - . - - - Sq. S. and LaGuardia PI Saturday. May 10, a1 8. For tickets, call 860-0865. ART LEWIS- vVith Ronnie Boykins and Jimmy Vass. (Third Street 11usic School. 235 E. 11th St. 777-3240. Saturday, May 10, at 8.) LYRICS AND LYRICISTs-The last in a series of pro- grams, this one a discussion of the lyrics of Noel Coward, with illustrative performances by Roderick Cook, Christine Andrea", Keith Baker, and Hennione Gingold. (Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, Lexington Ave. at 92nd St. 427-4410. Sunday and Monday, 1'1 a y I I - I 2, at 8.) CHEAP TRICK-VVith the Romantics (Madison Square Garden, Eighth Ave. between 3 I st and 33rd Sts. 564-4400. Monday, May [2, at 8.) RUFUS AND CHAKA KHAN-VVith the Brothers Johnson and N arada MIchael vValden. (Radio City Music Hall, Sixth Ave. at 50th St 246- 4600. Thursday, May 15, at 8.) HIGHLIGHTS IN JAzz-Dolly Dawn, Helen Humes, Anne Marie Moss, and .T ackie Paris. (Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, I oeb Student Center. 59 8 -3757. Thursday, May [5, at 8.) ROBIN AND LINDA WILLiAMs-Alternative Center for International A.rts, 17 VVhite St, three blocks south of Canal St. at Sixth Ave. 966- 4444. Friday_ May r6, at 8. WOODY SHAW-vVith his quintet and with a string and percussion ensemble. (Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St. Friday, 11ay 16, at 8. For information about tickets, call 689- 9497.) SPYRO GYRA-With the 24th Street Band. (Bea- con Theatre, Broadway at 74th St. 874-1717. Saturday, May 17, at 8.) GENTLE GIANT-Palladium, 126 E. 14th S1. Sat- urday, May 17, at 8. For information about tickets, call 977-9020. BLUEGRASS FESTlvAL The lineup: Emmylou Har- ris with a four-piece band, Buck vVhite & the Down Home Folks, Norman and Nancy Blake, and L. VV. Lambert & the Blue River Boys. ( Avery Fisher Hall. Saturday, May 17, at 8.) FESTIVAL OF DRUMS II-The participants: Jerome Cooper; Djalma Correa and Baiafro; and the Saramaka and Djuka Musicians of Surinam. (Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St. Saturday, May 17, at 8. For information about tickets, caIl 247-7 I 17.) JAZZ FORUM-Jazz in a third-floor 10ft. Friday and Saturday, May 9-10: Horizon.... fJIWednesday, May 14: Jam session, featur- ing J 0 Jones, Jr.. . . fJI Friday and Saturday, May 16-17: Mark Morganelli quartet. (Jazz Forum, 50 Cooper Sq. at Astor PI. 477-2655. The first set starts somewhere around nine ) SOUNDSCAPE-N ew music and jazz in a fifth- floor 10ft. Friday, May 9: Dave Burrell. . . . (jJ Saturday, May 10: Siron e.... (jJ Tuesday, May 13: New Rican Village-Libre & Friends. . . . (jJ Wednesday and Thursday, May 14-15: Raphe Malik Quartet. . . . fJI Fri- day, May [6: Jimmy Lyons. (Soundscape, 500 W. 52nd St. 581-7032. All performances at 8 :30.) SQUAT THEATRE-Friday, May 9, at I I and I: Nervus Rex. . . . (jJ Saturday, May 10, at 9 :30 and I 1:30: Sun Ra Arkestra. (Squat Theatre, 256 W. 23rd St. 691-1238.) AR.T (Unless otherwise noted, galleries are open Tuesdays through Saturdays from around 10 or I I to between 5 and 6.) GALLERIES-UPTOWN LELAND BELL-Landscapes of Reykjavík, among other works. Through May 3 I. (Schoelkopf, 8 2 5 Madison Ave., at 69th St.) VANESSA BELL (I879-196I)-A retrospective of paintings and drawings by the Bloomsbury ornament, complete with portraits of Lytton and Morgan and Virginia and Clive and Aldous and the others. Through 11ay 24. (Davis & Long, 746 Madison Ave., at 65th St.) Roy CARRUTHERs-Paintings and drawings that combine distorted figures (they resemble in- flated dolls), crazy perspectives, and social comlnentary. Through May 24. (ACA, 21 E. 67th St.) ALAN DAVIE-Large new semI-abstract paintings filled with mystical vVest Indian symbols by a British artist who makes his home on the